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Appendix

Symbols

Lower case letters
a Acceleration; parameter to be estimated
ˆ a Identified parameter
a Local acceleration
a pe Angle of accelerator pedal
a i Polynomial coefficient
a ig Ignition advance angle
b Damping coefficient, generator voltage constant

b i Polynomial coefficients
c W Drag coefficient
e k Error signal at time k
f Function
g Gravity
h Increment
Form function i
h i
Inductive and capacitive component of current between
i ij,L ,i ij,C
the nodes i, j
k Spring constant
Entry i, j of the stiffness matrix
k ij
m Mass
m fuel Fuel mass
m tv Air mass via the throttle valve
m ij Entry i, j of the mass matrix
m air Air mass
m idle Air mass via the idle setting
n Number of measurements

n k Interference signal
n cs Rotation speed of crankshaft
p Pressure

p el Electrostatic pressure
p i0 ,p i1 Load at the nodes 0 and 1

Mechatronic Systems Georg Pelz
 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ISBN: 0-470-84979-7